A glimmer of hope in Sudan and Algeria
Dec 17,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF In the midst of grim news emanating from the region; Iraq, Lebanon, Libya and Yemen being a case in point, two […]
The Displaced: The African Country that wants refugees
In 2018 – more than 35,000 people were forced to flee their homes every day – that’s one every two seconds. This story is part of a BBC News series, […]
As Sudan falls deeper into crisis, it’s increasingly clear what’s missing: support from the international community
An internet shutdown has been issued across the country, making it almost impossible for Sudanese people to communicate the unfolding atrocities on the ground. This is as good a time […]
Bloated bodies in the Nile show Sudan protesters were right to fear the arrival of Saudi and UAE money
The US has found itself in an even more embarrassing situation than it did in Egypt Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices The Sudanese democracy demonstrators were the first to […]
Will the West allow Sudan’s generals to drag the country towards a catastrophic civil war?
The generals are turning the country into a powder keg, and stability in the Middle East and East Africa is on the brink Ahmed Aboudouh @Abodou7 The Independent Voices AFP/Getty […]
How to buy a revolution: Sudan’s story
IMRAN JAN Published 15.05.2019 The U.S. and regional autocrats are repeating their policy stance from the so-called Arab revolutions against the current Sudanese protests and follow an interest-based strategy backing […]
Sudan: what future for the country’s Islamists?
Source: The Guardian By Peter Beaumontand Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum As members of Sudan’s Islamist Popular Congress party arrived for a meeting in Khartoum one Saturday afternoon, they were greeted by […]
In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as war
By AFP – Apr 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Members of a South Sudanese family are pictured in Kalma camp outside South Darfur state capital Nyala on Thursday (AFP photo) UDIER, South Sudan — By the time he was brought into the remote clinic in northeastern South Sudan, two-year-old Nyachoat was […]
Revolutionaries in the Middle East have learnt crucial lessons since the Arab Spring
The success of popular action and civil disobedience in Sudan and Algeria has been treated sceptically by commentators. The pessimists might just be getting it wrong this time round, just […]
Sudan and Algeria are part of a new wave of peaceful regime change – other dictators should be worried
The collapse of the Bouteflika and Bashir regimes is sending reverberations across the world. On social media, people are warning Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and other African rulers that their turns are coming Borzou Daragahi @borzou […]
Jubilation as Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir ‘under house arrest’
ARAB NEWS April 11, 20190 Sudan’s state security agency: Authorities are releasing all political detainees Consultations to form a transitional council ongoing KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir is under ‘house […]
What happens inside Sudan’s secret detention centres?
Source: BBC News Dramatic footage filmed by protesters in Sudan shows masked security agents chasing down protesters, beating them and dragging them away to secret detention centres. Who are these […]
Sudan makes amends with Eritrea by opening border after a year of tension
by Nduta Waweru, at 08:00 am, February 01, 2019, As protest against Sudan’s Omar al Bashir continues in parts of the country, the embattled president is on the look out […]
Sudan worshippers turn on imam over protests against President Bashir
Source: BBC News An influential Sudanese imam had to be removed from a mosque in the capital, Khartoum, after worshippers confronted him for not leading protests against embattled President Omar […]
Drop case against Sudan’s president on one condition – African billionaire tells ICC
The trials and tribulations of Sudan’s president, Omar Al Bashir, are still ongoing as more citizens take to the streets to protest his rule and demand his resignation. […]
Donald Trump’s attempt to rehabilitate Bashar al-Assad is a losing battle
It must be the US president who sent the Sudanese leader to Damascus. When will the West understand that sharing a bed with a monster will give you nightmares? Ahmed […]
The village that’s eradicated FGM
Source: BBC News It started when one family decided not to circumcise its women 30 years ago. That idea spread and now an entire village in Sudan has eradicated female […]
Rights group says 9 Christians detained, abused in Sudan
Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A human rights group is calling on the Sudanese government to investigate reports of torture and abuse of nine Christians, including a priest, it […]
Tired of war, South Sudanese pray for latest peace deal
Source: Religion News Service By Doreen Ajiambo JUBA, South Sudan (RNS) – During a recent Sunday service, Pastor Jok Chol led the congregation at his Pentecostal church to pray for […]
Sudanese hit by bread shortages as currency crunch escalates
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Aug 15,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Residents said bread prices had risen this week, although the government has not announced any change (File photo) KHARTOUM — Bread […]